Monday, February 10, 2014

Parents Care #Philippines

Living here in the States made me realize how lucky Americans are. They have so many resources for everything. They even have aid from the government which I think is not happening in the Philippines (At least from my 30 years of living in my former country, we never had any help from the government even during disasters). The only thing that makes me sad is the fact that America belong to an individualistic culture. I came from a collective culture where we take good care of our old folks rather than sending them to a home. What I admire about my husband's family is their close knit. Their parents raised them very well so in return they are taking care of Dad like the way he did took care of them when they were growing up. It such a good example for our kids.

Below are some photos of Mama, my sister, and my close friend back home. They celebrated Mama's birthday in Legazpi. Thank you so much Ate Chay for taking care of my family!

Looking at their pictures made me cry because I miss my mother so much! I can tell how hard life is treating her. She aged a lot since I left. Oh Ma, if only I can persuade you to come over here. She is very firmed that she doesn't want to leave the country and that flying would kill her, sigh.

I agree with you, living in a first world country has a lot of pros especially the good healthcare we can get-if we have insurance.I'm just thankful I have other siblings who could help me to support my parents if something happen.

same with my friend..she wants her mom to stay with her in Canada but her mom insisted to just stay in Philippines...thanks to their kind relatives, she's assured she's in good hands. thanks to Skype, we can monitor our family even we're thousand of miles apart

i am very glad that even though you are living in a foreign country, your heart still belongs to the family you left in your mother land, truly a Filipina. My parents are also very old now, age 73 yet still alive and kicking, love them so much as I see to it that I fully support them, from food, monetary allowance up to their maintenance meds and of course I never fail to always let them feel that the are so much loved and special :)